Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.

When it comes to skin care, I like to keep things simple. I'm not the type of person who runs out to have facials.

Embrace your inner lunatic.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

I like people who are powerful, confident, and fearless. Balmain is about an attitude. I think if Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were alive, they would definitely be part of the Balmain crew.

In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

Success is failure inside out.